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  1. Rooney silences City

    Rooney silences City

    Wayne Rooney's goal proved decisive as Manchester United beat Manchester City 1-0 in a game that saw Cristiano Ronaldo sent-off. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Manchester City
    • Manchester United
    • 90+5' FULL-TIME! United hold on and Rooney's first-half goal proves decisive.
    • 90+4' United break and Rooney attempts to curl a shot into the net from just inside City's half but Hart races back and claws the effort away from under his crossbar.
    • 90+3' Hart is up for the corner. There is a bit of pinball in the penalty area and Evra clears a shot off the line.
    • 90+2' Ireland's back post header is turned away for a corner.
    • 90' There will be four added minutes.
    • 88' John O'Shea replaces Park.
    • 86' Van der Sar has not had to make a single save in this game.
    • 84' Wright-Phillips is cynically tripped from behind by Carrick who is rightly booked.
    • 82' Berbatov takes an age to leave the field, much to the annoyance of Mark Hughes.
    • 81' Ryan Giggs replaces Berbatov.
    • 79' Vital challenge by Dunne to deny Berbatov a sight at goal.
    • 77' Ronaldo tells the TV company showing this game that he heard a 'beep' before he handled the corner.
    • 75' Daniel Sturridge replaces Richards.
    • 73' Garrido's cross is cleared by Rafael.
    • 71' City win a corner which Dunne heads over.
    • 70' Ronaldo was slow to leave the field - claiming that he lifted his hands after hearing the whistle blow.
    • 69' RONALDO SENT-OFF! Deliberate handball at a corner and that's a second yellow card.
    • 68' Richards slides in to deny Park.
    • 67' Rooney's pass intended for Fletcher is cut out by Garrido in the penalty area.
    • 66' Javier Garrido's free-kick just curls past the post.
    • 65' Booking number six as Evra brings down Wright-Phillips.
    • 64' Rapid break from United but Dunne stays on his feet and Berbatov's poke at goal strikes him.
    • 62' Evra steams down the flank but his run is ended by a strong Richards tackle.
    • 61' Fletcher was booked in the first-half and gets a final warning after a foul on Robinho.
    • 59' Ronaldo is penalised for a trip on Wright-Phillips.
    • 57' Kompany takes a blow on the head and is somewhat dazed.
    • 56' Quick counter from City and Wright-Phillips threads the ball through to Benjani whose first-time effort nestles in the side netting.
    • 55' And it is Dunne who heads away the resulting corner.
    • 54' Elano fails to track Park but Richard Dunne comes across to block the Korean's shot.
    • 52' End to end stuff as Kompany tries his luck from distance, nice strike but off target.
    • 51' Carrick drives an effort narrowly past the post.
    • 50' Superb recovery challenge from Wright-Phillips to prevent Rooney's pass finding Park through on goal.
    • 49' City win their first corner but Van der Sar claims.
    • 48' Wright-Phillips tumbles on the edge of the penalty area after a Vidic block but no foul given.
    • 47' City win an early free-kick in a dangerous position on the right but it is headed clear.
    • 46' Pablo Zabaleta and Blumer Elano replace Hamann and Vassell for the start of the second-half.
    • 45' Half-time and a deserved lead for United.
    • 44' Vassell booked for a trip on Evra.
    • 42' GOAL ROONEY! United take the lead as Carrick is given far too much space in the penalty area. His shot is parried by Hart straight into the path of Rooney who taps home from close range for his 100th Premier League goal.
    • 41' Ireland is booked for a foul on Berbatov.
    • 39' Dietmar Hamann tries to thread a ball through to Robinho but the ball runs through to Van der Sar who claims ahead of the sliding Brazilian.
    • 38' City conjure up a good shooting chance for Benjani Mwaruwari but he treads on the ball.
    • 36' Evra tricks his way into the penalty area and forces a corner.
    • 34' United line up Berbatov on the edge of the penalty area but his standing foot gives way a little and he drags his effort past the post.
    • 33' Robinho drives the free-kick past the right post.
    • 32' Fletcher booked for a foul on Wright-Phillips.
    • 30' Edwin Van der Sar fails to deal with a free-kick and his punch falls to Ireland whose scuffed effort clips the outside of the post. Richards could have poked the ball home from five yards but failed to react in time, maybe he thought he was offside.
    • 28' Ronaldo's cross from the left is hooked away by Wright-Phillips.
    • 27' United having over 65% of possession so far.
    • 26' Another chance for United as the ball breaks to Evra in the penalty area and his curling effort is tipped over by Hart although a goal kick is given.
    • 25' United are having plenty of comfortable possession.
    • 24' Berbatov's clever flick finds Fletcher, he knocks the ball back to Ronaldo who blazes wide wastefully.
    • 23' Carrick's dink into the penalty box is cleared by Vincent Kompany.
    • 22' Rafael's cross is headed goalbound by Berbatov and Hart has to fling himself full length to his right to claw the ball away.
    • 21' Rafael booked for throwing the ball away.
    • 20' United win a free-kick on the right. Fletcher flicks on Rooney's delivery but again City clear.
    • 19' Carrick clears his lines after a cross from the right strikes the hand of Darius Vassell in the penalty area.
    • 18' Fletcher gets a lecture from ref Howard Web after bringing down Shaun Wright-Phillips in the centre circle.
    • 16' Richards catches Nemanja Vidic with a boot in the chest but it is the City man who needs treatment.
    • 15' Evra dives full length to head away Robinho's raking pass.
    • 14' Ronaldo rises high above Micah Richards but his header is just over the top.
    • 13' Ireland heads the corner away at the near post but City fail to clear their lines and United win another corner.
    • 12' A lovely ball from Michael Carrick to Patrice Evra down the left flank and United win the first corner of the match.
    • 11' Park looks to slip a ball through to Rooney or Cristiano Ronaldo but it is cut out on the edge of the penalty area.
    • 10' City haven't got going at all in the opening ten minutes.
    • 8' Rooney almost picks up a loose ball in the penalty area after more lapse defending from City.
    • 7' Berbatov finds Ji-Sung Park whose cross from the right is struck first time by Rooney. He scuffs the effort somewhat but Joe Hart fumbles and the ball is hacked away.
    • 5' Foul by Stephen Ireland on Rafael who is in the thick of the action again.
    • 4' Darren Fletcher looks to get away from Richard Dunne in the penalty area but the ball runs out of play.
    • 3' Rio Ferdinand thumps the ball out of play and gets the bird from the crowd.
    • 2' Early charge down the right flank from young Rafael but no final product.
    • 1' We are underway at Eastlands.
    • 13:25 Dimitar Berbatov is back for United after missing two games with a hamstring strain so Carlos Tevez is on the bench. Brazilian full-back Rafael is selected ahead of John O'Shea at right-back.
    • 13:20 Robinho is fit after his ankle injury and the Brazilian starts in the only change to Mark Hughes' side from the one that defeated Schalke in Germany on Thursday.

  • Team Stats

    Manchester City Stats Manchester United
    46% Possession 53%
    9 Shots 14
    1 Shots on target 6
    3 Saves 1
    3 Corners 8
    15 Fouls 16
    1 Offsides 3
    2 Yellow cards 4
    0 Red cards 1
    40 Tackles 20
    281 Accurate passes 349
    46 Bad passes 81

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Manchester City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Joe Hart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
      33 Vincent Kompany 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 52 1 5
      22 Richard Dunne 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 31 5 2
      15 Javier Garrido 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 25 13 2
      2 Micah Richards 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 2
      7 Stephen Ireland 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 23 3 8
      21 Dietmar Hamann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 2
      8 Shaun Wright-Phillips 0 0 0 3 7 0 0 16 1 7
      10 Robson de Souza 0 1 0 2 5 0 0 28 7 3
      27 Benjamin Mwaruwari 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 9 0 1
      12 Darius Vassell 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 2
      14 João Alves de Assis Silva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Blumer Elano 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 39 13 3
      28 Daniel Sturridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
      5 Pablo Zabaleta 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 17 1 3
      26 Tal Ben Haim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Michael Ball 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Kasper Schmeichel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Manchester United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Edwin Van der Sar 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 4 0
      15 Nemanja Vidic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 2 1
      5 Rio Ferdinand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 5 1
      3 Patrice Evra 0 1 0 2 3 1 0 35 16 5
      21 Rafael Pereira da Silva 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 17 0 2
      24 Darren Fletcher 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 37 3 0
      16 Michael Carrick 0 3 2 1 3 0 0 61 11 3
      7 Cristiano Ronaldo 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 25 9 1
      13 Ji-sung Park 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 23 3 4
      10 Wayne Rooney 1 3 3 1 1 1 0 30 10 1
      9 Dimitar Berbatov 0 4 1 2 1 0 0 36 15 2
      17 Luís Almeida da Cunha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Ben Foster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Carlos Tevez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Ryan Giggs 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 0
      23 Jonny Evans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Anderson Oliveira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 John O'Shea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+4' United break and Rooney attempts to curl a shot into the net from just inside City's half but Hart races back and claws the effort away from under his crossbar.
    • 90+3' Hart is up for the corner. There is a bit of pinball in the penalty area and Evra clears a shot off the line.
    • 69' RONALDO SENT-OFF! Deliberate handball at a corner and that's a second yellow card.
    • 66' Javier Garrido's free-kick just curls past the post.
    • 56' Quick counter from City and Wright-Phillips threads the ball through to Benjani whose first-time effort nestles in the side netting.
    • 50' Superb recovery challenge from Wright-Phillips to prevent Rooney's pass finding Park through on goal.
    • 42' GOAL ROONEY! United take the lead as Carrick is given far too much space in the penalty area. His shot is parried by Hart straight into the path of Rooney who taps home from close range for his 100th Premier League goal.
    • 34' United line up Berbatov on the edge of the penalty area but his standing foot gives way a little and he drags his effort past the post.
    • 30' Edwin Van der Sar fails to deal with a free-kick and his punch falls to Ireland whose scuffed effort clips the outside of the post. Richards could have poked the ball home from five yards but failed to react in time, maybe he thought he was offside.
    • 26' Another chance for United as the ball breaks to Evra in the penalty area and his curling effort is tipped over by Hart although a goal kick is given.
    • 22' Rafael's cross is headed goalbound by Berbatov and Hart has to fling himself full length to his right to claw the ball away.
    • 14' Ronaldo rises high above Micah Richards but his header is just over the top.
    • 7' Berbatov finds Ji-Sung Park whose cross from the right is struck first time by Rooney. He scuffs the effort somewhat but Joe Hart fumbles and the ball is hacked away.
    • 13:25 Dimitar Berbatov is back for United after missing two games with a hamstring strain so Carlos Tevez is on the bench. Brazilian full-back Rafael is selected ahead of John O'Shea at right-back.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Howard Webb

  • Manchester City

    Manager: Mark Hughes

    Captain: Richard Dunne

    Starting line-up

    • J. Hart
    • M. Richards Substitution Out (75′)
    • R. Dunne
    • V. Kompany
    • J. Garrido
    • S. Ireland Yellow Card
    • D. Hamann Substitution Out (46′)
    • S. Wright-Phillips
    • D. Vassell Yellow Card Substitution Out (46′)
    • M. Benjani
    • .. Robinho

    Subs

    • M. Ball
    • K. Schmeichel
    • T. Ben Haim
    • P. Zabaleta Substitution In46′
    • .. Jo
    • B. Elano Substitution In46′
    • D. Sturridge Substitution In75′

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Manchester United

    Manager: Alex Ferguson

    Captain: Ryan Giggs

    Starting line-up

    • E. van der Sar
    • R. Da Silva Yellow Card
    • N. Vidic
    • R. Ferdinand
    • P. Evra Yellow Card
    • M. Carrick Yellow Card
    • D. Fletcher Yellow Card
    • C. Ronaldo Red Card
    • J. Park Substitution Out (88′)
    • W. Rooney Goal
    • D. Berbatov Substitution Out (81′)

    Subs

    • J. O'Shea Substitution In88′
    • R. Giggs Substitution In81′
    • C. Tevez
    • B. Foster
    • .. Nani
    • O. Anderson
    • J. Evans

    Injured

    • O. Hargreaves
    • W. Brown

    Suspended

    None

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